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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
11,303 approved · 2,154 refused · 531 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
1 Roslin Gardens Bournemouth BH3 7DR
Received 10 Jul 2025Castlepoint Unit B Castle Lane West Bournemouth Bournemouth Christchurch Poole BH8 9UY
Received 5 Jul 202413 Seafield Road Christchurch BH23 4ET
Received 30 Sept 2022344 Poole Road Poole BH12 1AW
Received 3 Mar 202621 Ropley Road Bournemouth BH7 6RU
Received 4 Aug 202211A Spur Hill Avenue Poole BH14 9PH
Received 29 Sept 20255 Elmstead Road, Poole, BH13 7EY
Received 24 Jan 202549 Smugglers Lane North Christchurch BH23 4NQ
Received 26 Apr 2024Forsyte Shades 82 Lilliput Road Poole BH14 8LA
Received 27 Jul 2026Oakwood 2 Roslin Road South Bournemouth BH3 7EF
Received 18 Jul 202420 Avon Run Road Christchurch BH23 4DX
Received 8 May 20269 Mornish Road, Poole, BH13 7BY
Received 1 Nov 20243 Spencer Road, Poole, BH13 7ET
Received 21 Jun 202411 Bower Road Bournemouth BH8 9HQ
Received 13 Jan 202540 Canford Cliffs Avenue Poole BH14 9QN
Received 6 Jul 202622 Martello Road Poole BH13 7DJ
Received 10 Oct 202530 Pauntley Road Christchurch BH23 3JN
Received 16 Aug 2024Rear of 25 Freshwater Road Christchurch BH23 4PD
Received 15 Jul 2022119 South Kinson Drive Bournemouth BH11 8AD
Received 23 Nov 202214 Raven Way Christchurch BH23 4BQ
Received 4 Mar 20245 Studland Road Bournemouth BH4 8HZ
Received 17 Jun 20262 Rutland Road Bournemouth BH9 1EQ
Received 2 Jun 202672-74 Palmerston Road Bournemouth BH1 4JT
Received 5 May 202617 Links Road, Poole, BH14 9QP
Received 21 Jul 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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